diff --git a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
index 02e9d5dba..0d33a3089 100644
--- a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
@@ -1076,7 +1076,7 @@ module ApplicationHelper
                    "var datepickerOptions={dateFormat: 'yy-mm-dd', firstDay: #{start_of_week}, " +
                      "showOn: 'button', buttonImageOnly: true, buttonImage: '" + 
                      path_to_image('/images/calendar.png') +
-                     "', showButtonPanel: true};")
+                     "', showButtonPanel: true, showWeek: true, showOtherMonths: true, selectOtherMonths: true};")
         jquery_locale = l('jquery.locale', :default => current_language.to_s)
         unless jquery_locale == 'en'
           tags << javascript_include_tag("i18n/jquery.ui.datepicker-#{jquery_locale}.js")